Dorado barrio-pueblo


Dorado barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Dorado, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 780. It is one of the 6 barrios in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico, along with Espinosa, Higuillar, Maguayo, Mameyal and Río Lajas.
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings, and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales are held in the central plaza every year.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Dorado Pueblo was 937.

The central plaza history

The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" , and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors. These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain. The San Antonio de Padua Catholic Church in the central plaza was built from the span of 1826 throughout July 1848 with the donated funds of Luis Canales. The earthenware on the floor and the baptistery was donated by Pedro López Canino and Basilisa Marréro on the year 1909.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Dorado barrio-pueblo:
Barriada San Antonio,
Residencial Manuel Morales,
Sector Finca Santa Bárbara,
Sector Juan Francisco,
Sector La Julia,
Sector Mameyal Playa,
Urbanización Jardines de Dorado,
Urbanización Martorell, and
Urbanización Sabanera Dorado.
In Dorado barrio-pueblo is part of the Dorado urban zone.